alias

[ey-lee-uhs]

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noun, plural a·li·as·es.

a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name: The police files indicate that “Smith” is an alias for Simpson.

adverb

at another time; in another place; in other circumstances; otherwise. “Simpson alias Smith” means that Simpson in other circumstances has called himself Smith.

Origin of alias

1525–35; < Latin aliās (adv.): at another time, otherwise; cf. else

Synonyms for alias

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1. nom de guerre; nom de plume, pseudonym.

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Related Words for aliases

moniker, pseudonym, handle, nickname, anonym, AKA

Examples from the Web for aliases

Contemporary Examples of aliases

Hubbard, who went under the aliases Larry David Barnes and Larry Lamar Ratcliff, moved to Florida in the early 1970s.
Los Angeles Police Pin Old Murders of Three Women on Dead Serial Killer
Christine Pelisek
August 3, 2012

Historical Examples of aliases

From under a succession of aliases he uncovered Gorman's real name.
From Place to Place
Irvin S. Cobb
"With half a dozen aliases at your back, I dare say," cried Coates.
Rookwood
William Harrison Ainsworth
Which will you have, caballero—my nom de guerre, or any other of my aliases?
The Tiger-Slayer
Gustave Aimard
All manner of rogues and roguery has immemorially delighted in aliases.
Dealings With The Dead
A Sexton of the Old School
What her connection is with this gentleman of aliases I cannot guess.
The House of Strange Secrets
A. Eric Bayly

British Dictionary definitions for aliases

alias

adverb

at another time or place known as or namedDylan, alias Zimmerman

noun plural -ases

an assumed name

Word Origin for alias

C16: from Latin aliās (adv) otherwise, at another time, from alius other

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Word Origin and History for aliases

alias

"assumed name," c.1600, from alias (adv.).

alias

adv.

mid-15c., "otherwise called," from Latin alias "at another time, in another way," from alius "(an)other," from PIE *al- "beyond" (cf. Sanskrit anya "other, different," Avestan anya-, Armenian ail, Greek allos "another," Gothic aljis "other," Old English elles "otherwise, else," Modern English else).